NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Lipscomb baseball team wrapped up its 2014 Omaha Challenge on Thursday with the final two events, the Fireman’s Carry and the Obstacle Course. The six-day challenge was a rigorous strength and conditioning test designed to push the players to their limits to determine a winner amongst the positional players as well as the pitchers.

Entering the final day there were seven guys within striking distance of the top overall spot and it all came down to the obstacle course.

The course was made up of 36 different tasks set up across Dugan Field. Some of the tasks included: double leg hop over six hurdles, Icky shuffle ladder, bear crawl, push and pull a 225-pound sled, carry a 75-pound dumbbell, flip a 280-pound tire, complete a slalom course, jump a brick wall three times, run up and down the stairs around Dugan Field and a Frisbee throw.

Redshirt senior pitcher Will Blalock finished the course with the fastest time, 12:56 while senior shortstop Grant Massey finished just behind at 12:58. They were the only players to finish under 13 minutes. Senior outfielder Jonathan Allison rounded out the top three crossing the plate at 13:51.

Freshman infielder Lee Solomon carried a three-point lead into Thursday in the overall standings to put the pressure on some of the upperclassmen to catch up.

Solomon finished the obstacle course in 14:02 and finished with the fifth-best time of the day. However, it was Allison’s third-place finish on the course that lofted him into a tie with Solomon and both were crowned the positional players champion with 531 total points each.

Massey, last year’s overall winner, finished third at just four points behind the champions with 527 points.

Redshirt sophomore Dalton Curtis ended day one in 13th, but made a steady climb each day and beat out redshirt junior Geordie Carlson for the pitcher’s champion. Curtis racked up 490 points, good enough for sixth overall, and beat out Carlson by just three points, 487.

Trailing by 11 points and trying to make up ground in the team standings entering Thursday, Team Ryman (Green) won the Fireman’s Carry and placed four guys inside the top 20 on the obstacle course to take the top team honors with 3,146 points over the 28 events.

It edged out Team Hoss (Yellow), last year’s team champion, by just 13 points (3,133) even with Team Hoss earning three wins in the eight team events.

Team Phillips (White) placed third with 3,408 points, followed by Team Odgen (Purple) with 2,640, Team Forehand (Black) with 2,593 and Team Coon (Gray) with 1,904.

TOP 10 OVERALL INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS:

T1st - Lee Solomon, Jonathan Allison - 531 pts

3rd – Gran Massey – 527 pts

4th – Michael Gigliotti – 517 pts

5th – Tyson Ashcraft – 504 pts

6th – Dalton Curtis – [PITCHER] – 490 pts

7th – Geordie Carlson – [PITCHER] – 487 pts

8th – Adam Lee – 455 pts

9th – Allan Hooker – 425 pts

10th – Chucky Vazquez – 418 pts

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS [POSITIONAL]:

T1st – Lee Solomon, Jonathan Allison - 531 pts

3rd – Grant Massey – 527 pts

4th – Michael Gigliotti – 517 pts

5th – Tyson Ashcraft – 504 pts

INDIVIDUAL STANDINGS [PITCHER]:

1st – Dalton Curtis – 490 pts

2nd – Geordie Carlson– 487 pts

3rd – Jamie Young –415 pts

4th – Nick Andros – 413 pts

5th – John Pryor – 399 pts

TEAM STANDINGS:

1st – Team Ryman – 3,146 pts

2nd – Team Hoss – 3,133 pts

3rd – Team Phillips – 3,408 pts

4th – Team Odgen – 2,640 pts

5th – Team Forehand – 2,593 pts

6th – Team Coon – 1,904 pts

Bison Baseball 2014 Omaha Challenge

Rules:

There are 17 pitchers and 17 position players competing against each other in 20 individual events. There will be two individual winners - one pitcher and one position player. There are six teams competing in eight team events and in the end there will be just one Winning Team. Individual event scores will be added up for all team members and that total will go toward the team score. Only five players’ scores will count with the lowest score being thrown out on teams of six for individual events. Teams that do not have five countable scores due to injury, their lowest score will be doubled to count as the 5th score for the individual event. Team event scoring will not be included into the individual scoring. Only five players will participate in team events.

Individual events receive point values: 1-34 depending on place of finish (1st place will receive 34 and so on down the list). The final individual event is the Obstacle Course and is worth double the point value individually and towards the team score for that event. The final team event, the Fireman’s Carry, is also worth double points.

The Winning team will receive a T-shirt and their name/picture on the plaque in the weight room.

"Everything Counts" - Every rep, every step and every second make a difference.